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Medical Bacteriology Exam 1 questionswell answered to pass
In all infectious diseases, the following events take place - correct answer ✔✔Encounter, Entry, Spread,
Multiplication, Damage, Outcome (EESMDO)
Infectious diseases are disorders caused by - correct answer ✔✔bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, or
prions
Examples of infectious diseases include - correct answer ✔✔strep throat, TB, urinary infection, common
cold, AIDS, athlete's foot, malaria, hepatitis, COVID-19
When studying the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, it is essential to remember that the outcome of
microbial infection is usually the net result of - correct answer ✔✔offensive measures taken by the
microbe and counteroffensive measures taken by the host
To intervene and to change the natural outcome of infection, one must accomplish a combination of the
three goals: - correct answer ✔✔diagnosis, treatment, and/or prevention of the infection
the bacterium/agent meets the host - correct answer ✔✔encounter
the agent enters the host - correct answer ✔✔entry
the agent spreads from the site of entry - correct answer ✔✔spread
the agent multiplies in the host - correct answer ✔✔multiplication
the agent, the host response, or both cause tissue damage - correct answer ✔✔damage
, the agent wins out or the host wins out or they learn to coexist - correct answer ✔✔outcome
the fetus is well protected by mother's uterine environment and placenta is impermeable to most
organisms EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, HIV, Treponema pallidum, Listeria
Presence of microorganisms in a site of the body that may or may not lead to tissue damage - correct
answer ✔✔colonization
condition whereby colonization within a human host progresses to cause disease - correct answer
✔✔infection
acquired diseases from agents in external environment (inhalation, ingestion, sexual contact, wound,
insect bite) - correct answer ✔✔Exogenously acquired diseases
acquired diseases from agents present in or on the body (cut can lead to production of pus caused by
the Staphylococci that inhabit healthy skin) - correct answer ✔✔Endogenously acquired diseases
Entry consists of two senses: - correct answer ✔✔ingress-entry without penetration (inhalation,
ingestion; cholera and whooping cough)
penetration-entry into tissues after crossing epithelial barriers (insect bites, cuts, organ transplant, blood
transfusion)
Spread includes two shades of meaning: - correct answer ✔✔lateral propagation and dissemination
Microbe enters the body and remains confined to a specific tissue - correct answer ✔✔localized
infection ex-boils from fungal skin infection
infection spreading throughout the body via bloodstream or tissue fluids - correct answer
✔✔disseminated infection/systemic infection, ex-rabies, Hep A, measles, rubella
time needed for the infectious agents to overcome early defenses and grow to a certain population size.
- correct answer ✔✔incubation period (associated with multiplication stage)
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